Rules trump common sense on info signs

Rules trump common sense on info signs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When you drive past/underneath those large electronic message boards on the highway and there's nothing posted, do you wonder if they're working? And if something is posted, does the information at 55-plus mph raise more …
Read more on Albuquerque Journal

Using humor, the Force — ADOT pushing safety messages
“Aggressive driving is the path to the Dark Side” read an electronic message board over Arizona highways Thursday morning. Another recent addition told drivers to “Trust the Force but always buckle up,” with an accompanying tweet from ADOT reading: …
Read more on Arizona Daily Star

Heroin saturation 'checkpoints' in Harford result in 10 arrests, criticism
Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said Tuesday's checkpoints, in which officers used traffic cones to slow vehicles and set up variable electronic message boards warning of a "heroin checkpoint," could not be more different from a DUI checkpoint that many …
Read more on Baltimore Sun